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Helena Bonham Carter was walking with a mystery man in Hampstead, North London, yesterday.

At one stage her companion, wearing a flat cap and Harrington-style jacket, gave her a consoling hug.

Helena Bonham Carter was walking with a mystery man in Hampstead, North London, yesterday

The 50-year-old actress has been single since splitting with film director Tim Burton in 2014 after 13 years and two children together.

She has spoken about the incredible pain she went through following the break-up. Although they remain on friendly terms for the sake of their children, Billy, 12, and Nell, eight, Helena admitted the split was life-changing. ‘You go through massive grief — it is a death of a relationship, so it’s utterly bewildering. Your identity, everything, changes.’

She also said she felt so fragile she wanted to put ‘handle with care’ tape across her forehead.

‘Everyone always says you have to be strong and have a stiff upper lip, but it’s ok to be fragile.’

Olympic diver Tom Daley, who once said it was ‘weird’ to have a boyfriend, admitted it was the sexy girls at the Vin and Omi show on Monday who ‘turned him on’ by wearing raunchy floor-length dresses slashed to the waist, underneath which they did not appear to be wearing any underwear. ‘I was mesmerised. I’ve never seen sexy legs like it,’ he said. ‘I think I’m on the turn!’